Roskosmos General Director of Dmitry Rogozin criticized the publication of the US State Department about the Day of Cosmonautics, in which Yuri Gagarin is not mentioned. He wrote about this in Twitter .
The publication of the American department states that today around the world, the 60th anniversary of the person’s stay in space is celebrated. The name of the first cosmonaut of the State Department did not mention. The post is also not indicated that the first person in space launched the USSR, and on the attached photo, one of the American astronauts with the US flag on the sleeve is captured. “Ubunts. Superstands do not behave this way,” wrote Rogozin.
On April 12, the world celebrates the International Flight Day of a person in space, in Russia a memorable date is called the Day of Cosmonautics. 60 years ago, the carrier rocket brought the ship “East-1” to the orbit, on board which was the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. He became the first person who was flying into space. The flight lasted 1 hour 48 minutes. In Russia, the Day of Cosmonautics has been celebrated since 1962.